Newman & Guardia New Special Sibyl Plate Camera * RARE * Ross Xpres 112mm f/4.5

An extremely rare and very collectible antique camera, from around c1914-19

Serial number: 107572, A952.

Complete with Original case, original outfit case, lens hood, filter holder, folding reflecting finder, hooded focusing screen, tripod board and plates, there is also a shutter release this is made only for this camera and not working, however it can be easily fixed.

The camera is in excellent used cosmetic condition for age, please see photos provided as this will be the camera and accessories you will receive.

Clean and clear optics.

Shutter is working.

Bellows are light tight.

Tested and fully working.

New Special Sibyl

Made in 3 ½” x 2 ½” size only. The New special replaced the smaller size versions of the Ordinary and Special Sibyls. Available in either plate or roll-film versions.

• Introduced 1913.
• Single extension.
• Spring powered sector shutter with pneumatic regulation. Speeded 1/2 – 1/150.
• Direct-vision or Reflecting view-finder on plate models.
• Reflecting view-finder on roll-film models.
• Rise and cross front.
• All metal construction.
• Focusing scale from 2 yards.

Size
2 ½” x 3 ½” plates
2 5/16″ x 3 11/16″ on 120 roll-film

Variations 

• Originally available with either a direct-vision finder or a reflecting finder on the plate model. From c.1916 the finder was generally a reflecting model.

Lenses 

Lens		Date
Zeiss Tessar	f4.5 4 ½”	1913 – 1914
Zeiss Tessar	f6.3 4 ½”	1913 – 1914
Ross-Zeiss Tessar	f4.5 4 ½”	1913 – 1914
Cooke Series III	f6.5 4 ½”	1913 – 1914
Ross Homocentric	f6.8 4 ½”	1913 – 1914
Ross Xpres	f4.5 4 ½” or 4 ⅜”	1914
Cooke Series II	f4.5 4 ½”	1914 – 1919
T.T.H. Aviar	f4.5 4 ¼”	1919 – 1922
Dallmeyer Serrac	f4.5 4 ½”	1920
Wray Lustrar	f4.5 4 ¼”	1920
T.T.H. Sibyl-Aviar	f4.5 4 ¼”	1922 – c.1932
Ross Telecentric	f6.8 9″	1913 – 1929	Telephoto
Ross Teleros	f5.5 9″	1923	Telephoto
Dallmeyer Dallon	f7.7 9″	1920 – c.1922	Telephoto
Dallmeyer Dallon	f6.5 9″	1922	Telephoto

Accessories 

• Single metal slides.
• Double dark-slides, 1914.
• Wooden Autochrome slide, 1913.
• Film pack adapter.
• Changing box for 8 plates.
• Changing box for 12 plates.
• Roll-film holder, c.1920.
• Hooded focusing screen.
• Composing and focusing hood, c.1923.
• Direct-vision finder for side of camera, 1913.
• Folding reflecting finder for plate model, c.1916.
• Focusing hood for finder, 1913.
• Cable release with fitting.
• Folding lens hood.
• Filters.
• Tripod boards.

Serial number prefix 

A. Numbers are in the 1 to 1300 range. Around 200 cameras were produced prior to World War I.

Any questions, please ask.

International buyers are welcome. 

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